Patent SG-11201909948W-A (SG)
Title: Product promotion using smart contracts in blockchain networks
Inventor: FENG ZHIYUAN
Filed: 2019-04-08
Abstract: Merchant 1 310 W O 20 19/ 120330 A2 390 302 394 Merchant Serve] 306 Blockchain Newark (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 27 June 2019 (27.06.2019) WIPO I PCT 11111111111110111111111111111101111101011101111111111111111111111111011111011110111111 (10) International Publication Number WO 2019/120330 A2 330 340 (51) International Patent Classification: Not classified (21) International Application Number: PCT/CN2019/081719 (22) International Filing Date: 08 April 2019 (08.04.2019) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED [—/CN]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O. Box 847, George Town, Grand Cayman (KY). (72) Inventors: FENG, Zhiyuan; Alibaba Group Legal Depart- ment 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). LI, Yanpeng; Alibaba Group Legal Department 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). CHENG, Long; Alibaba Group Legal De- partment 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). (74) Agent: BEIJING BESTIPR INTELLECTUAL PROP- ERTY LAW CORPORATION; Room 409, Tower B, Ka Wah Building, No. 9 Shangdi 3rd Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100085 (CN). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, 1E, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (54) Title: PRODUCT PROMOTION USING SMART CONTRACTS IN BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS (57) : Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, includ- 300 ing computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for product pro- motion using a smart contract in a blockchain network. The method includes: receiving, by a node of a blockchain network, a creation request to create a promotion event, wherein: the promotion event is associated with multiple promotion codes and a pair of a private key and a public key, and the creation 320 request includes the public key and a digital signature generated using the pri- vate key; determining, by the node and based on the public key and the digital signature, validity of the creation request; and in response to determining that the creation request is valid, registering, by the node, the promotion event in the blockchain network using a smart contract without storing the multiple promotion codes in the blockchain network. 350 360 Merck nt Server] 304 Blockchain Network 306 FIG. 3 370 380 [Continued on next page] WO 2019/120330 A2 I Illi I 0111110111010111111EUENEEDIMMOMMEREMIE Published: upon request of the applicant, before the expiration of the time limit referred to in Article 21(2)(a) without international search report and to be republished upon receipt of that report (Rule 48.2(g))